The Sudanese government has introduced new banknotes and mandated the largely unbanked population to open bank accounts as part of a strategy to stabilize its struggling economy. Launched in December, the initiative is designed to nullify funds looted by the…
Talks on the ongoing conflict in Sudan are set to begin in Switzerland on Wednesday, focusing on humanitarian aid for millions facing hunger and displacement amidst the brutal war. The U.S. has invited both warring parties to the talks, although…
A war between military factions in Sudan is putting at risk the production of staple crops this year, farmers in several states say, threatening to drive the African nation deeper into hunger and poverty. Reuters spoke to more than a…
Weeks after boisterous fighting broke out between two factions of the Sudanese government, stranded Nigerians trapped in that country in a progressive report began to arrive home. Following different tardy movements to rescue people from the war-torn country, it’s crystal…
A total of 376 stranded Nigerians evacuated from war-torn Sudan to Egypt arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday. The 376 evacuees were the first batch who arrived Argeen border last week Wednesday, April 26 for airlifting in Aswan Egypt. They arrived…
UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, said it is facing a $1.5 billion funding gap for Sudan. Olga Sarrado, the UNHCR spokesperson, disclosed this recently in Geneva, Switzerland. Accordingly, Sarrado said that more than 800,000 people could flee Sudan to neighbouring…
The Federal Government says about 1,519 stranded Nigerian students in Sudan will leave the capital, Khartoum, through hired buses to Port Sudan and other designated border points for their eventual evacuation to Nigeria. The FG also clarified the controversy over…
The Federal Government has explained that the sum of 1.2 million dollars allegedly spent in hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was due to the dire need of the war situation. This is contained in a…
With different angles surrounding the evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Sudan, there have been clinical steps adopted to halt the nefarious process of hurting Nigerians in the war-torn country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had disclosed that the…
By Moyosore Salami Concerned about the situation in Sudan, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Diaspora has asked the Nigerian government to immediately evacuate all Nigerian students in Sudan. President of the National Association of Nigerian Students in…
